THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 6 : SLOKAS 40 TO 46

rav[g&hàvezm!   -   ENTERING   RAVANA'S   PALACE
s   mNdrigiràOy<   myUrSwans'œk…lm!     ,
Xvjyiòi-rakI[R<   ddzR   -vnaeÄmm!     .   40   .
AnNtrÆincy<   inixjal<   smNtt>     ,
xIriniòtkmaRNt<   g&h<   -Utpteirv     .   41   .

that

mÓdr¢g¢rp#Áy|

equal to Mandara mountain

my¥rÞTansHqk[lm¯

full of peacocks

Òvjy¢¾¢B:

by the flag staffs

Aak£NI|

full

ddSI

saw

BvnaEäOmm¯

best house

AnÓtrÏn¢ncy|

full of all precious stones

¢n¢Djal|

full of riches

smÓtt:

everywhere

D£r¢n¢¾tkmaIÓt|

with the beauty of the best of sculptors

g¦h|

house

B¥tptE:

Shiva, the king of the ghosts

40,41.Hanuman   saw   a   house   full   of   peacocks,   flag   staffs, precious   stones and   which   looked   like   the   house   of   Shiva   , sculpted   by   the   best   of   sculptors.
AicRi-Ríaip   rÆana<   tejsa   rav[Sy   c     ,
ivrrajaw   tÖeZm   riZmmainv   riZmi->     .   42   .

A¢cI¢BI: c

and with the glow

A¢p

also

rÏnana|

precious stones

tEjsa

glow

ravNÞy

Ravana's

and

¢vrraj

appeared

then

tt¯ vEÜm

that house

r¢Ümman¯ iv

like the sun

r¢Üm¢B:

by the light

42.Then   that   house   shone   brightly   like   the   sun   with   the   glow   of   the   precious stones   and   by   Ravana's   own   valour.
jaMbUndmyaNyev     zynaNyasnain   c       ,
-ajnain   c   zuæai[   ddzR   hiryUwp>     .   43   .

jaØb¥ndmya¢n

golden

also

Syna¢n

beds

Aasna¢n c

and seats

Bajna¢n c

and vessels

S¤B#a¢N

bright

ddSI

saw

h¢ry¥Tp:

monkey

43.The   monkey   saw   the   golden   beds,   seats   and   vessels.
mXvasvk«t¬ed<   mi[-ajns'œk…lm!     ,
mnaermms<bax<   k…ber-vn<   ywa     .   44   .
nUpura[aÂ   "ae;e[   kaÂIna<   innden   c       ,
m&d¼tl"ae;Eí   "ae;viÑivRnaidtm!       .   45   .
àasds'œ"atyut<   ôIrÆzts'œk…lm!       ,
suVyUFkúy<   hnuman!   àivvez   mhag&hm!     .   46   .

mÒvasvk]t²Ed|

cooked in honey and soaked in wine

m¢NBajnsHqk[lm¯

vessels inlayed with rathnas

mnaErm|

beautiful

As|baD|

broad

k[bErBvn|

Kubera's house

yTa

just as

n¥p¤raNa|

anklets'

and

GaExEN

by the sound

ka·£na|

waist belts

¢nndEn c

sound

m¦dÄñtlGaExW: c

by the sound of percussion instruments

GaExv¢ë:

sounding loud

¢vna¢dtm¯

echoing with

p#asdsHqGaty¤t|

long balconies

ÞæO£rÏnStsHqk[lm¯

full of beautiful ladies

s¤Ûy¥Fkßy|

long halls one behind the other

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

p#¢vvES

entered

mhag¦hm¯

big house

44,45,46.Hanuman entered the house where food was cooked in honey and soaked in wine and kept in vessels embedded with precious stones. That house was resounding with the sounds of waist belts, anklets and other musical instruments. Also the house had long balconies full of beautiful ladies and many long halls one behind the other
#Tya;ˆR ïImÔamay[e vaLmIkIye AaidkaVye suNdrka{fe ;ò> sgR> . 6.
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